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Qaddafi Escapes NATO Missile Strike That Kills His Son, Grandchildren
Fox News ^ | May 01, 2011 | Associated Press

Posted on 05/01/2011 8:54:13 AM PDT by cougar_mccxxi

TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi escaped a NATO missile strike in Tripoli that killed one of his sons and three young grandchildren, a government spokesman said early Sunday. Hours later, Qaddafi's forces shelled a besieged rebel port in a sign that the airstrike had not forced a change in regime tactics.

Though the deaths could not be independently verified, NATO's attack on a Qaddafi family compound in a residential area of Tripoli late Saturday signaled escalating pressure on the Libyan leader who has tried to crush an armed rebellion that erupted in mid-February.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: nato; qaddafi
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1 posted on 05/01/2011 8:54:18 AM PDT by cougar_mccxxi
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To: cougar_mccxxi

Even if they get him. Then what?


2 posted on 05/01/2011 8:56:20 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (Shut up and eat your Beans!)
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To: cougar_mccxxi
Killing kids for AQ, way to go NATO and obummer.
3 posted on 05/01/2011 8:58:11 AM PDT by org.whodat
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To: screaminsunshine

They guy is one lucky sob to escape twice in a lifetime like that.

I still don’t understand why we/nato is involved with this.


4 posted on 05/01/2011 8:59:22 AM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: cougar_mccxxi

I await the hue and cry from the left...waiting...waiting...waiting...

Oh well, I guess the anti-war crowd are busy with their various May Day celebrations.


5 posted on 05/01/2011 8:59:39 AM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: cougar_mccxxi

More murders in another illegal war...courtesy the USA and NATO.

NATO by the way was set up to DEFEND member states, not ATTACK sovereign non-member states at will.

Can anyone justify the unwarranted attack of Libya by NATO and the USA?


6 posted on 05/01/2011 8:59:54 AM PDT by cougar_mccxxi
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To: cougar_mccxxi

I am sure the anti-war marchers will be out in force screaming about the innocent children being murdered..
Oh wait that only happens when a republican is in charge..


7 posted on 05/01/2011 9:01:19 AM PDT by GSP.FAN (Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
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To: cougar_mccxxi

Why are they targeting the grandkids? If they want to kill him fine, but should they not be cautious?


8 posted on 05/01/2011 9:01:26 AM PDT by dforest
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To: screaminsunshine
Even if they get him. Then what?

Then Al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood get to take over and use the US supplied arms against us.

9 posted on 05/01/2011 9:02:09 AM PDT by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: DonaldC

“They guy is one lucky sob to escape twice in a lifetime like that.”

If he’s even remotely human, he’d rather have died. And now, he won’t quit. The word is “rage.” This strike has made a dangerous man WAY more dangerous. He won’t care how many lives it costs, he’ll want vengence.


10 posted on 05/01/2011 9:07:14 AM PDT by piytar (The Four Horsemen: War, Pestilence, Famine, and Bob. Be not proud, Bob! (ht to Gen.Blather))
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To: paulycy

Obamas legions.


11 posted on 05/01/2011 9:09:17 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (Shut up and eat your Beans!)
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To: cougar_mccxxi
There seems to be some confusion (mostly on my part) as to who actually was killed.

Was it this guy? ( Saif Al-Islam)

Or, was it this guy? (Saif Al-Arab)

12 posted on 05/01/2011 9:09:17 AM PDT by TaxPayer2000 (The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government,)
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To: screaminsunshine; cougar_mccxxi; paulycy
Even if they get him. Then what?

It should be OBVIOUS to even the casual observer that Obama really is using the US Military to attempt to replace a regime that has caused no problems for the US in decades with radical Muslims.

In Egypt, it was the Muslim Brotherhood. In Libya, it's Al Qaeda.

Did you ever wonder if Obama is a closet Muslim? A thinking person might, just might look at this as confirmation that Obama really is a Muslim Plant who is doing everything he can to hurt America.

13 posted on 05/01/2011 9:10:20 AM PDT by politicianslie (A taxpayer voting for Obama is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders)
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To: cougar_mccxxi
Murdering children from the air? Taking out family members who have NOTHING to do with whatever beef we have with Gaddafi, in a war of choice?

NOT IN MY NAME!!!

Works both ways, bastards.

14 posted on 05/01/2011 9:15:36 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Imagine.... a world without islam.)
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To: cougar_mccxxi

If Americans still had their heads screwed on the right way they would see that carrying out or condoning this type of action is beneath us and a gross violation of our ideals, heritage and the constitution.

By the time Obama is removed from the white house he will have created such a mess in the mid-east and among muslims that it will plague the US and the rest of the civilized world for 1,000 years and more.

It will be nothing short of a miricle if Obama’s ridiculously named “Arab Spring” doesn’t lead to another world wide war or a nuclear holocaust.


15 posted on 05/01/2011 9:18:03 AM PDT by Iron Munro (The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. -- John Steinbeck)
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To: politicianslie
It should be OBVIOUS to even the casual observer that Obama really is using the US Military to attempt to replace a regime that has caused no problems for the US in decades with radical Muslims.

In Egypt, it was the Muslim Brotherhood. In Libya, it's Al Qaeda.

Did you ever wonder if Obama is a closet Muslim? A thinking person might, just might look at this as confirmation that Obama really is a Muslim Plant who is doing everything he can to hurt America.

It should be OBVIOUS that Obama IS a closet Muslim. We are now working against all the countries that supplied strategic terrorist intelligence to us while giving feeble excuses for our "former" enemies i. e. Syria, Iran.

16 posted on 05/01/2011 9:23:01 AM PDT by this is my country
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To: cougar_mccxxi
I seem to recall the following Executive Order:

"No person employed by or acting on behalf of the United States Government shall engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination."

When was that repealed?

17 posted on 05/01/2011 9:29:09 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Greed + Envy = Liberalism)
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To: indylindy

Uhm, I wouldn’t blame this one on the US which supposedly is NATO. WHy in the hell would F Bomb Qaddafi have his kids or grandsons anywhere near his “compound”. Riddle me this please.


18 posted on 05/01/2011 9:32:47 AM PDT by RacerX1128
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To: cougar_mccxxi
More murders in another illegal war...courtesy the USA and NATO. NATO by the way was set up to DEFEND member states, not ATTACK sovereign non-member states at will. Can anyone justify the unwarranted attack of Libya by NATO and the USA?

exactly! and why is Congress sitting on their thumbs. bamba intends to put boots on the ground =- hence pushing out Gates - who refused too - and putting in his lap dog, Panetta.<[p>If he gets our troops in there - even congress won't pull out.

We need to crash their computers with demand to get out NOW!

Not only to save our soldiers from dying in an illegal, unnecessary war - but this will be the straw that breaks our back. (Which is, it would seem, just one more deliberate headlong rush to destroy our country - which he hates with a devout passion.)

>and that doesn't even mention his crusade to establish the new Caliphate - wouldn't Tripoli be the icing on THAT cake = as he clears the great swath of land along the Mediterranean - Eygpt and Libya - for the Muslim Brotherhood.

We stop him NOW - or get Canadian passports.

19 posted on 05/01/2011 9:36:18 AM PDT by maine-iac7 ("We stand together or we fall apart" mt)
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To: this is my country
We are now working against all the countries that supplied strategic terrorist intelligence to us while giving feeble excuses for our "former" enemies i. e. Syria, Iran.

and THAT is the plan - restore the Caliphate!

20 posted on 05/01/2011 9:39:40 AM PDT by maine-iac7 ("We stand together or we fall apart" mt)
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